Drosanthemum floribundum

Ice plant

Family: Aizoaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Ice plant is a naturalized perennial found in coastal regions of northern, central, and southern California Coast Ranges and Channel Islands at elevations below 35 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces pink to pale purple flowers 8 to 9 millimeters long in single-flowered stems. Growing as a mat-forming groundcover with thin stems that root at older nodes, it spreads horizontally across coastal habitats. Its leaves are cylindrical, light green, slightly curved and widening toward the tip. The small plant features linear sepals about 3 to 4 millimeters long with delicate, pale blossoms.

Habitat: Uncommon. Coastal habitats

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 35 m

Bioregions: NCo, CCo, SCo, ChI

California counties: Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino, Orange, Alameda, Marin, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Mendocino, Yolo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.